Advancing zoo animal welfare through data science: scaling up continuous improvement efforts

Authors: Liptovszky,Matyas

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Keywords: animal welfare, artificial intelligence, continuous improvement, data science, evidence-based decision making, machine learning, zoo

2024

US Residents’ Perceptions of Dog Welfare Needs and Canine Welfare Information Sources

Authors: Courtney Bir, Candace C. Croney, Nicole J. Olynk Widmar

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: *preferences, best–worst scaling, dogs, information sources, welfare

2019

Dairy farmers’ use and non-use values in animal welfare: Determining the empirical content and structure with anchored best-worst scaling

Authors: H. Hansson, C. J. Lagerkvist

Publication/Journal: Journal of Dairy Science

Keywords: agriculture, animal welfare, animal welfare of dairy cow, attitudes, attributes, best–worst scaling, dairy & animal science, economic value in, food safety, food science & technology, indicators, models, non-use value, parameters, pig, planned behavior, use value

2016

Tank size alters mean behaviours and individual rank orders in personality traits of fish depending on their life stage

Authors: Giovanni Polverino, Tommaso Ruberto, Georg Staaks, Thomas Mehner

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: behavioural plasticity, context-dependent behaviour, gambusia, ontogeny, personality, repeatability, size scaling, temperament

2016

Influence of Heavy Snow on the Feeding Behavior of Japanese Macaques (Macaca Fuscata) in Northern Japan

Authors: Hiroto Enari, Haruka Sakamaki-Enari

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: cool-temperate forest, feeding trace, macaca fuscata, resource use, shirakami mountains

2013

Must marine predators always follow scaling laws? Memory guides the foraging decisions of a pursuit-diving seabird

Authors: Paul M. Regular, April Hedd, William A. Montevecchi

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: area restricted search, brownian motion, capelin, common murre, lévy flight, mallotus villosus, memory, movement pattern, search strategy, uria aalge

2013

Applying fractal analysis to heart rate time series of sheep experiencing pain

Authors: Solveig M. Stubsjøen, Jon Bohlin, Eystein Skjerve, Paul S. Valle, Adroaldo J. Zanella

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: detrended fluctuation analysis, heart rate variability, pain, sheep, welfare

2010

Behaviour and physiology: The thermal strategy of leatherback turtles

Authors: Brian L. Bostrom, T. Todd Jones, Mervin Hastings, David R. Jones

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: dermochelys coriacea, leatherback turtle, thermoregulation

2010